Twonky Media Server

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FineWine

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#143389 13-Apr-2014 12:09

Anybody had experience with the Twonky Media Server, if so what are your thoughts?

REASON = would like my Panasonic PVR DMR-BWT835GZ and/or Panasonic Viera TV TH-L50E6Z DLNA services to see my iMac or my iMac to see my Panasonic devices so I can stream video content from my iMac libraries to the Panasonic TV via my Apple (AX & AE) WiFi home network.

My Panasonic gear will connect to my iMac network to connect to the internet but the Panasonic does not see my iMac held media libraries.

cheers

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KevinL

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#1024330 13-Apr-2014 12:41

I use Universal Media Server for what it's worth, it's fairly robust and full-featured. Plex is pretty popular too.

http://www.universalmediaserver.com/comparison/

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#1024335 13-Apr-2014 12:47

Plex seems to be the best. The VF modems seem to have Twonky built in.
http://www.vodafone.co.nz/station/
http://downloads.vodafone.co.nz/VodafoneMediaManagerSetup.exe

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#1024481 13-Apr-2014 19:15

KevinL: I use Universal Media Server for what it's worth, it's fairly robust and full-featured. Plex is pretty popular too.

http://www.universalmediaserver.com/comparison/

Thank you so much KevinL. Downloaded & Installed UMS and it worked straight out of the box for both my Panasonic devices without any tweaking of the profiles. It recognised and read and played (video & music) all my media libraries on my iMac over my wireless Apple network. (Most of my stuff is in mp4, flv & m4a.)

Oh and you forgot to mention it is free.

Cheers from a happy camper.

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#1024560 13-Apr-2014 21:45

Maybe you should +1 him...

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#1024567 13-Apr-2014 21:51

Dratsab: Maybe you should +1 him...

Thx - done

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